[sdiy] Should GaTech go bananas?

[Aaron Lanterman]

> that sucks. i was thinking you were teaching people with an analog
> electronics behind them. well... do the best you can with what you've
> got, i guess.

Oh, I should clarify lest I leave you with a totally negative impression - 
my comments were related to my experiences teaching sophomores. This will 
be my first semester teaching seniors and juniors, and they will have had 
ECE3040, which is our microelectronics class, so they will have seen op 
amps, diodes, and transistors, in addition to being more mature students.

Also, this is an elective class (you have to have a certain number of 
senior ECE electives but there's a lot to choose from), so that will help 
the motivation factor. The students I've talked to who are taking it are 
very excited about doing so - a lot of students e-mailed me asking if they 
could take it even though they hadn't said ECE3040; I said no, since I 
really need that material, but I was excited by the amount of interest.

The one snag might be that I didn't require ECE3041, which is our first 
lab class where students use oscilloscopes and such. But most of the 
students who haven't had 3041 will probably be taking it at the same time 
as my class, so by the time my students need to fire up a scope, they will 
probably have done so.

Again, most of my negativity probably stems from having taught the same 
required sophomore level class for the 7th time (twice as a recitation 
prof, 5 times as lecturer). I'm really looking forward to teaching more 
advanced undergrads.

- Aaron

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